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NEXThouse

UL Lafayette architecture students and faculty collaborated to design an energy-efficient home affordable to low-income families.

The design and construction of this home, called the NEXThouse, provided an opportunity for architecture students to experience freedom in design while simultaneously exposing them to budget restrictions and market concerns.

Archimedes' Roost

Researchers in UL Lafayette's Center for Innovative Learning and Assessment Technologies are creating educational games for children.

Archimedes' Roost is a mobile app that teaches math concepts. Its users (kindergartners) visit a virtual tree house where a bird named Archimedes encourages them to play games to practice addition and subtraction.

Little Libraries

UL Lafayette architecture students were challenged to design and build tiny libraries: big enough to hold a dozen or so books. About 40 of these little libraries will be placed in Lafayette neighborhoods to encourage interaction among residents and to foster a love of reading.

Students' unique mini-library designs were displayed on campus and many are now displayed outside businesses and homes across Acadiana.

BeauSoleil Home

UL Lafayette students designed and built the Louisiana BeauSoleil Solar Home, a sustainable house that includes elements of traditional Cajun and Creole architecture. It won first place in Market Viability and earned the People’s Choice Award in the Solar Decathlon held by the U.S. Department of Energy

Angry Baby

Two UL Lafayette computer science students majoring in computer science credit their Computer Science 359 class as giving them much of the knowledge and inspiration needed to launch their company, Motion Punch Studios.

Their smartphone app called “Angry Baby” marks the company’s first foray into the iPhone and Android gaming market. “Angry Baby” revolves around a strong-willed toddler who dreams aliens have stolen his toys. The toddler, named Tobu, heads into outer space to reclaim them.

CajunCodeFest

This coding marathon brings together undergraduate and graduate students, along with professional software developers, designers, innovators, health care leaders, educators, and entrepreneurs. Participants organize themselves into teams and over a 27-hour period to build exciting new prototypes and tools for improved health care.

Prospective Basin Evaluation

A team of UL Lafayette geology students proved themselves the world's best at determining where to drill for oil when they won first place in the Imperial Barrel Award Competition — twice. The annual contest awards a top prize of $20,000, which UL Lafayette will use for scholarships and to support future teams.

Our team worked with 30-year-old, 2-D seismic data from Alaska's North Slope, an area where companies want to drill but have not been permitted to do so.

CajunBot

CajunBot II is an autonomous vehicle developed by UL Lafayette computer science and engineering students. One of only 20 such vehicles in the nation to compete in the DARPA Challenge, the goal of CajunBot II was to fulfill the U.S. Defense Department’s plans to utilize convoys of vehicles that do not need human drivers to navigate through desert terrain as well as city streets.

The students and CajunBot were semifinalists in the 2007 competition, and they were featured in the Discovery Science channel series, Robocars in 2008.

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Considering UL Lafayette?

We know that finding the right university is a difficult task. That's why we want you to make sure that being a Ragin' Cajun is the best fit for you.

Explore our majors

With over 80 majors and more than 30 graduate programs, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is an impressive public research university of 18,000 students, but being here feels like coming home.

Start preparing

It's never too early to register for the ACT or SAT. We've even listed resources that offer practice tests to help. We encourage you submit all of your test results. The University uses the highest score for admission purposes.

We want to welcome you to the family

Our Ragin' Recruiters are here to answer any question you may have about becoming a Ragin' Cajun. We look forward to meeting you at a local college fair or on your high school campus. If you are in the Lafayette area, stop by and see us!

Walk a day in our shoes

Nothing beats a campus visit! Only on a visit can you experience what it is like to be a Ragin' Cajun. With unique landmarks like Cypress Lake, large residential communities, and a brand new Student Union, we are sure you will never want to leave. Schedule your visit today.

Start thinking about money

You (and your family) are about to make a big investment in your future. We are here to help you understand the value of a UL Lafayette education, as well as the best way to manage costs.

Campus Safety & Security

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Annual Security Report
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Annual Security Report is available. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus, in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information. You may obtain a paper copy of this report by contacting the Division of Public Safety, Bittle Hall, 210 Hebrard Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70504, (337) 482-6447, or you may view it online.

3,200 of us—including all freshmen—live on campus

Join, serve, play

From AmeriCorps to the Ragin’ Jazz dance team, 26 Greek organizations to the Nepal Students’ Association, we have an organization for you to make a difference.

Enjoy Our Neighborhood

Before, after, and between classes, stroll beneath 100-year-old oaks or visit Cypress Lake, a managed wetland on campus. Just don't feed the alligators!

Pass a Good Time

Our Cajun culture embraces hard work and dedication, but we also like to play and enjoy time together. Dancing, music, and good food are always in abundance here. So come by and, as we like to say, pass a good time.

Something Extra

During Lagniappe Week, take a break from studying. Have some well-deserved fun and race across the lake. FYI: lagniappe means "an extra or unexpected gift."

Peel, eat, love

Lagniappe Week also means a serving of boiled crawfish. Every year, we prepare more than 15,000 pounds of Louisiana's tasty crustacean.

Red rules

We know the rules! Show your Ragin' Cajun spirit and wear red every Friday. Students, faculty and staff — just about everyone in town — are proud to wear red.

Hot Property

A major campus thoroughfare is known as Wear Red Avenue — just one of the hot spots on campus.

Every day is a red-letter day

That’s because our student-athletes are impressive competitors on the field and in the classroom. More than half have a 3.0 GPA or higher and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team has the highest GPA in the SunBelt conference.

Something Unexpected

A Different Perspective

Enjoy UL Lafayette's campus and natural beauty from a dazzling new perspective! This video by graduate student Javier Ortiz Pereyra shows the natural beauty and improvements on campus as they've never been seen before.